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What do Patients Know about the Work of Anesthesiologists?

Kátia Ferreira de Oliveira, Jefferson Clivatti, Masashi Munechika, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology · 2011 · 23 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A large proportion of patients have a limited knowledge about the education and role of anesthesiologists. Pre-anesthetic evaluation did not increase the proportion of answers that anesthesiologists have medical education.

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